Tag Archives: Europe

Helsinki, Finland | Xinhua | Nokia’s CEO expressed concern on Thursday about the slow outreach of the 5th generation mobile network (5G) and artificial intelligence (AI) in Europe, and warned against excessive regulation. The success of nations in the future will depend on technology, said Pekka Lundmark, the CEO of the …

Rome, Italy | Xinhua | The recent spike in coronavirus infections across Europe has surprised healthcare analysts as it occurred earlier than expected, but they agree that the relatively low hospitalization rates offer hope that the newest wave of the pandemic can be kept under control. The number of COVID-19 cases …

Stockholm, Sweden | Xinhua | The Delta COVID-19 variant could cause nearly all new COVID-19 infections in Europe within weeks, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) cautioned on Wednesday. The Stockholm-based agency under the European Union (EU) also warned that the number of daily cases, as well as …

COMMENT | Ambassadors Jules-Armand & Matthias Schauer | This year again, in order to limit as much as possible the risks of spreading the Coronavirus, the French and German embassies in Uganda will not organize their traditional ceremony of May 8 for the commemoration of the end of the Second World War. This …

Brussels, Belgium | XINHUA |  The European Commission granted conditional marketing authorization for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by British company AstraZeneca and Oxford University on Friday, although the bloc seems unlikely to get the amount of doses as agreed for the moment. “Securing safe vaccines for Europeans is our utmost …

Belgrade, Serbia | XINHUA | The just-concluded European tour of China’s top diplomat further demonstrated a need for stronger ties between the two sides to uphold multilateralism, stick to openness and scale up cooperation in the post-coronavirus world. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s trip to Italy, the …

  ✳ PSG 3 Leipzig 0 Lisbon, Portugal | THE INDEPENDENT | Paris Saint Germain ( PSG) are into the UEFA Champions League final for the first time after an impressive win against their Bundesliga opponents. Paris may have wondered if it was to be their night when Neymar toe-poked against …

Brussels, Belgium | XINHUA | Europe formally and dramatically entered into recession Friday, with the latest data released by the European Union showing that the 19-member eurozone saw their economies contract by 40.3 percent in the second quarter of 2020, compared with the same period a year ago. The main …

Madrid, Spain | XINHUA | Europe should resist U.S. pressure to isolate China and remain independent in its decision making in the face of so-called security concerns, a Spanish expert has said. “If the U.S. wants to include Europe in its ‘anti-China’ strategy because it does not want anyone to …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Five European states and five African countries agreed at a meeting on Monday to work closer together to curtail human trafficking in Europe and at source and to establish legal pathways for migrants to reach Europe, European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson said. Johansson …